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The Register, 1973-04-10

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THE4*5 REGISTER
"COMPLETE AWARENESS FOR COMPLETE COMMITMENT'
April 10, 1973:;
VOLUME XLIV, NUMBER 2$.
NORTH CAROUNA AGRICULTURAL AND TECHNICAL STATE UNIVERSITY. CREENStORO
Founder's Day Speaker Says
Blacks Should Get Involved
The involvement of
significantly more blacks in
professional and managerial state
jobs and the initation of a
state-supported plan to bolster
minority enterprises were
advocated Sunday by the first
black assistant to a North
Carolina governor.
Dr. Larnie Horton, special
assistant to Gov. James
Holshouser, discussed his
priorities for black improvement
at the 81st Founder's Day
convocation at A&T State
University.
"Students, the future
politicians, should help shape the
destiny of North Carolina,"
stressed Dr. Horton.
To overcome economic status,
Dr. Horton suggested the
recruitment of industry, research
training, and active participation
by institutions.
Dr. Horton pointed out the
importance of each individual's
entering the political arena and
striving for the progress of his
community and state.
"We must tell these strong
private businesses," added
Horton, "that it is good business
to invest in and to allow
investment opportunities for
minority enterprises."
Horton said that a 1972
survey by the North Carolina
Human Relations Commission
shows that while blacks make up
two per cent of the state's
population, they hold only 6.3
per cent of the professional jobs
in state government.
"They only hold 5 per cent of
the managerial positions," he
added; button the other hand, 86
per cent of the building service
workers in the state are black
men and women."
Speaking to the 1,500
students ,, parents and alumni,
Horton saluted Holshouser's
effort to improve the Mack
situation.
"He is a man who keeps his
word," said Horton. "In just
three months in office he has
appointed more minorities to
»-e sponsible state government
positions than all other governors
combined."
Horton also suggested that the
state's efforts to improve the
economic position of minorities
''must involve active
participation by private
corporate institutions."
"Our state could support the
creation of venture capital
instrument, which would act as a
catalyst for the development of
businesses in the inner cities and
rural areas."
The Governor's aide urged
blacks to become more
politically active in the state."A
vital concern for all black North
Carolinians is this crucial matter
of politics," he said.
"We should become very
mobile in the exercising of our
political power," said Horton.
Dr. Larnie Horton
"We cannot afford in the future
to be caught in a one-party bag."
Horton called for planned
industrialization, "with
sensitivity to ecological and
human needs, so that all North
Carolinians will benefit."
Other participants on the
program included Dr. Lewis C.
Dowdy, chancellor; Larry
Hinton, president of the Student
Government Association; John
S. Stewart, president of the
board of trustees; Dr. Albert
Spruill, dean of the Graduate
School; and Mrs. Julia S. Brooks,
president of the A&T National
Alumni Association.
The A&T Gospel Choir
rendered a "church-like"
performance in their
presentation of. "Standing in the
Need of Prayer," "I've Decided
to Make Jesus My Choice," and
"Shine". Selections were also
made by the University Band.
Institute Will Spotlight
'Positive Urban Policing1
Tilmon B. O'Bryant, the
highest ranking Black officer of
the 100-year-old Washington,
D.C. police force, will keynote a
session on "Postive Policing" at
the fourth annual Urban Affairs
Conference on April 12 at A&T.
A graduate of the FBI
National Academy and the
holder of a master's degree in
education from Federal City
College, O'Bryant has had a
distinguished career in police
work.
He joined the Metropolitan
Police Department in 1947; and
since then, he has served as
patrolman, plainclothesman,
detective sergeant, lieutenant,
deputy chief and assistant, and
field operations commander, the
position he currently holds.
O'Bryant will speak on
Thursday at 2 p.m. in the
Merrick Hall auditorium.
The conference, which is
expected to attract more than
1 ,000 participants, will get
underway at 9 a.m. with sessions
on urban politics, urban race
relations, urban communications
and urban revenue.
The conference's keynote
speaker will be Tony Brown, the
dynamic young executive
producer of the award-winning
"Black Journal."
An important session of the
meeting will be the one on urban
revenue, withGreensboro Mayor
E. S. Jim'Melvin as the keynoter.
Other panelists for the day
will include William D. Snider,
editor of the Greensboro Daily
News-Record; Dr. Samuel
(See Groups, Page 4)
Some of the340 Delegates to NSBSC Registering for Weekend
Sadaukai Keynote
Opens Conference
By Cassandra Wynn
The prevailing mood in the
opening session of the National
Save the Black Schools
Conference was to make it a "do
conference." Politically inclined
leaders from Black institutions
emphasized the seriousness of
developing a strategy for
combating the destruction of
these institutions.
A crowd of approximately
500 delegates and A&T students
attending the opening session in
Harrison Auditorium was saluted
by Chancellor Lewis C. Dowdy.
In his welcome address to the
crowd, he stated that saving the
Black schools is "talking about a
two-billion dollar industry and a
quarter of a million Black
minds." Dowdy compared Black
schools to pipelines that have
channeled Blacks into leadership
roles in society. "If these
pipelines are cut off," he stated,
"we might as well forget it."
He stated that all of the
bragging about Black students
going to community colleges is
like a "revolving door." Blacks
enter in great numbers and come
out of the same door.
Dowdy informed the «owd
that the graduates of A&T and
Howard were larger than the
combined number of Blacks who
graduated from college in the
states of California and New
York. "I salute you," he told the
crowd. He added, "You have
what it takes," and he granted
them "God's speed ahead."
Nelson Johnson, chairman of
the national committee for
saving the Black schools and
national president of Youth
Organization for Black Unity,
SSSB......%.ss:.^^
Professor Injured, Wife Killed
Professor of biology, Dr.
Alfred Hill was seriously injured
and his wife,Esther , killed in a
two-car accident Saturday. The
third passenger in the Hill car,
their daughter Sharon, was
seriously injured.
The accident occurred about
three miles south of Ridgeway,
S. C. on South Carolina 21.
Both Dr. Hill and Sharon were
taken to Richard Memorial
Hospital in Columbia and are in
the intensive care unit.
Dr. A. P. Graves, chairman of
the Biology Department and a
friend of the family stated that
in the latest conversation with
Hill's brother-in-law, Hill was
reported as improving. He also
said that Dr. Hill had passed
surgery satisfactorily.
Mrs. Hill, a member of the
library staff at Bennett College,
was pronounced dead at the
scene of the accident.
They were in route to visit
Mrs. Hill's brother who lives in
Augusta, Ga. when the accident
took place. Dr. Hill joined the
A&T faculty in 1952 as an
instructor. He is an active
member of Providence Baptist
Church and a Lieutenant Colonel
in the Army reserves.
He is the father of three
children, two sons and a
daughter.
Owusu Sadaukai
followed Dr. Dowdy. He
admonished the audience to
avoid the "get nowhere activity."
He stated that "Some Blacks are
wrestling with the whole notion
that saving Black schools is a
hopeless course. Some of us are
developing a plan of self
destruction." Johnson added
that "We must understand the
potential that exists in an
institution such as A&T."
Keynote speaker, Owusu
Sadaukai, president of Malcolm
X Liberation University, told the
crowd that "The crisis of Black
schools can't be extracted from
the total crisis facing Black
people." Sadaukai said the
discussion of the problem must
be preceded by fundamental
problems of Blacks which he
defined as imperialism and
racism.
Sadaukai stated that, although
Black schools have played a big
role in the "survival and
development of African peoples,
it is dangerous not to consider
the other side of the ledger.
Black institutions have been
some of the most conservative
elements of the Black
(See School s, Page 4)

THE4*5 REGISTER
"COMPLETE AWARENESS FOR COMPLETE COMMITMENT'
April 10, 1973:;
VOLUME XLIV, NUMBER 2$.
NORTH CAROUNA AGRICULTURAL AND TECHNICAL STATE UNIVERSITY. CREENStORO
Founder's Day Speaker Says
Blacks Should Get Involved
The involvement of
significantly more blacks in
professional and managerial state
jobs and the initation of a
state-supported plan to bolster
minority enterprises were
advocated Sunday by the first
black assistant to a North
Carolina governor.
Dr. Larnie Horton, special
assistant to Gov. James
Holshouser, discussed his
priorities for black improvement
at the 81st Founder's Day
convocation at A&T State
University.
"Students, the future
politicians, should help shape the
destiny of North Carolina,"
stressed Dr. Horton.
To overcome economic status,
Dr. Horton suggested the
recruitment of industry, research
training, and active participation
by institutions.
Dr. Horton pointed out the
importance of each individual's
entering the political arena and
striving for the progress of his
community and state.
"We must tell these strong
private businesses," added
Horton, "that it is good business
to invest in and to allow
investment opportunities for
minority enterprises."
Horton said that a 1972
survey by the North Carolina
Human Relations Commission
shows that while blacks make up
two per cent of the state's
population, they hold only 6.3
per cent of the professional jobs
in state government.
"They only hold 5 per cent of
the managerial positions," he
added; button the other hand, 86
per cent of the building service
workers in the state are black
men and women."
Speaking to the 1,500
students ,, parents and alumni,
Horton saluted Holshouser's
effort to improve the Mack
situation.
"He is a man who keeps his
word," said Horton. "In just
three months in office he has
appointed more minorities to
»-e sponsible state government
positions than all other governors
combined."
Horton also suggested that the
state's efforts to improve the
economic position of minorities
''must involve active
participation by private
corporate institutions."
"Our state could support the
creation of venture capital
instrument, which would act as a
catalyst for the development of
businesses in the inner cities and
rural areas."
The Governor's aide urged
blacks to become more
politically active in the state."A
vital concern for all black North
Carolinians is this crucial matter
of politics," he said.
"We should become very
mobile in the exercising of our
political power," said Horton.
Dr. Larnie Horton
"We cannot afford in the future
to be caught in a one-party bag."
Horton called for planned
industrialization, "with
sensitivity to ecological and
human needs, so that all North
Carolinians will benefit."
Other participants on the
program included Dr. Lewis C.
Dowdy, chancellor; Larry
Hinton, president of the Student
Government Association; John
S. Stewart, president of the
board of trustees; Dr. Albert
Spruill, dean of the Graduate
School; and Mrs. Julia S. Brooks,
president of the A&T National
Alumni Association.
The A&T Gospel Choir
rendered a "church-like"
performance in their
presentation of. "Standing in the
Need of Prayer," "I've Decided
to Make Jesus My Choice," and
"Shine". Selections were also
made by the University Band.
Institute Will Spotlight
'Positive Urban Policing1
Tilmon B. O'Bryant, the
highest ranking Black officer of
the 100-year-old Washington,
D.C. police force, will keynote a
session on "Postive Policing" at
the fourth annual Urban Affairs
Conference on April 12 at A&T.
A graduate of the FBI
National Academy and the
holder of a master's degree in
education from Federal City
College, O'Bryant has had a
distinguished career in police
work.
He joined the Metropolitan
Police Department in 1947; and
since then, he has served as
patrolman, plainclothesman,
detective sergeant, lieutenant,
deputy chief and assistant, and
field operations commander, the
position he currently holds.
O'Bryant will speak on
Thursday at 2 p.m. in the
Merrick Hall auditorium.
The conference, which is
expected to attract more than
1 ,000 participants, will get
underway at 9 a.m. with sessions
on urban politics, urban race
relations, urban communications
and urban revenue.
The conference's keynote
speaker will be Tony Brown, the
dynamic young executive
producer of the award-winning
"Black Journal."
An important session of the
meeting will be the one on urban
revenue, withGreensboro Mayor
E. S. Jim'Melvin as the keynoter.
Other panelists for the day
will include William D. Snider,
editor of the Greensboro Daily
News-Record; Dr. Samuel
(See Groups, Page 4)
Some of the340 Delegates to NSBSC Registering for Weekend
Sadaukai Keynote
Opens Conference
By Cassandra Wynn
The prevailing mood in the
opening session of the National
Save the Black Schools
Conference was to make it a "do
conference." Politically inclined
leaders from Black institutions
emphasized the seriousness of
developing a strategy for
combating the destruction of
these institutions.
A crowd of approximately
500 delegates and A&T students
attending the opening session in
Harrison Auditorium was saluted
by Chancellor Lewis C. Dowdy.
In his welcome address to the
crowd, he stated that saving the
Black schools is "talking about a
two-billion dollar industry and a
quarter of a million Black
minds." Dowdy compared Black
schools to pipelines that have
channeled Blacks into leadership
roles in society. "If these
pipelines are cut off," he stated,
"we might as well forget it."
He stated that all of the
bragging about Black students
going to community colleges is
like a "revolving door." Blacks
enter in great numbers and come
out of the same door.
Dowdy informed the «owd
that the graduates of A&T and
Howard were larger than the
combined number of Blacks who
graduated from college in the
states of California and New
York. "I salute you," he told the
crowd. He added, "You have
what it takes," and he granted
them "God's speed ahead."
Nelson Johnson, chairman of
the national committee for
saving the Black schools and
national president of Youth
Organization for Black Unity,
SSSB......%.ss:.^^
Professor Injured, Wife Killed
Professor of biology, Dr.
Alfred Hill was seriously injured
and his wife,Esther , killed in a
two-car accident Saturday. The
third passenger in the Hill car,
their daughter Sharon, was
seriously injured.
The accident occurred about
three miles south of Ridgeway,
S. C. on South Carolina 21.
Both Dr. Hill and Sharon were
taken to Richard Memorial
Hospital in Columbia and are in
the intensive care unit.
Dr. A. P. Graves, chairman of
the Biology Department and a
friend of the family stated that
in the latest conversation with
Hill's brother-in-law, Hill was
reported as improving. He also
said that Dr. Hill had passed
surgery satisfactorily.
Mrs. Hill, a member of the
library staff at Bennett College,
was pronounced dead at the
scene of the accident.
They were in route to visit
Mrs. Hill's brother who lives in
Augusta, Ga. when the accident
took place. Dr. Hill joined the
A&T faculty in 1952 as an
instructor. He is an active
member of Providence Baptist
Church and a Lieutenant Colonel
in the Army reserves.
He is the father of three
children, two sons and a
daughter.
Owusu Sadaukai
followed Dr. Dowdy. He
admonished the audience to
avoid the "get nowhere activity."
He stated that "Some Blacks are
wrestling with the whole notion
that saving Black schools is a
hopeless course. Some of us are
developing a plan of self
destruction." Johnson added
that "We must understand the
potential that exists in an
institution such as A&T."
Keynote speaker, Owusu
Sadaukai, president of Malcolm
X Liberation University, told the
crowd that "The crisis of Black
schools can't be extracted from
the total crisis facing Black
people." Sadaukai said the
discussion of the problem must
be preceded by fundamental
problems of Blacks which he
defined as imperialism and
racism.
Sadaukai stated that, although
Black schools have played a big
role in the "survival and
development of African peoples,
it is dangerous not to consider
the other side of the ledger.
Black institutions have been
some of the most conservative
elements of the Black
(See School s, Page 4)